balrog666 said:
The power of the checkbook is, has been, and always will be the power of Congress.
And what does "general Welfare" mean?
U.S. Supreme Court since U.S. v. Butler 297 U.S. 1 (1936): Anything and everything. Congress can spend money on whatever it wants.
Chris Haynes
Perfectly Poisonous Person
kittynh said:
I just finished this book, and it WAS wonderful.
Not only did he give his own experience of the diagnosis and beginning of special ed. preschool --- he dug deep deep into the history of autistics.
Since he is an antiquarian bibliophile... he has found references and stories that would have been left at the bottom a dusty heap. From visiting Asperger's clinic in Vienna, explaining the error of Brettelheim, and even digging out the story of Peter the Wild Boy --- and he writes it as an interesting story.
Unfortunately this book is not getting the play it needs in the autism community. Possibly because it enforces the genetic factor over something a parent can sue for.
Chris Haynes
Perfectly Poisonous Person
Actually, for anyone who has actually READ the book that is listed in the title... the pillow fight is an non-entity.
Right.
The first thing the book does is change your perception of autism.
Many autistics don't need your charity. In fact, the computer you are using now owes a LOT to autistics. Heck, Bill Gates is thought to be a high functioning autistic (he denies it, but is one of the major backers of research into autism).
Having a child with a severe learning disability, I have to say that the first thing I taught her was all the people with her disability that have contributed so much to our society. Walt Disney for one. Having differences is important. Innovative thinking makes all our lives better, more enjoyable, and safer. We NEED people that "think in pictures" or "think differently". We "normal" people can't do it alone! Study the great scientists. Some of them were a little "off". And all the better for us!
Newton - little strange
I'm reading a book about Galton (Darwin's cousin). Great that we have fingerprints and all that, but just a tad eccentric (aka nuts).
The first thing the book does is change your perception of autism.
Many autistics don't need your charity. In fact, the computer you are using now owes a LOT to autistics. Heck, Bill Gates is thought to be a high functioning autistic (he denies it, but is one of the major backers of research into autism).
Having a child with a severe learning disability, I have to say that the first thing I taught her was all the people with her disability that have contributed so much to our society. Walt Disney for one. Having differences is important. Innovative thinking makes all our lives better, more enjoyable, and safer. We NEED people that "think in pictures" or "think differently". We "normal" people can't do it alone! Study the great scientists. Some of them were a little "off". And all the better for us!
Newton - little strange
I'm reading a book about Galton (Darwin's cousin). Great that we have fingerprints and all that, but just a tad eccentric (aka nuts).
Chris Haynes
Perfectly Poisonous Person
kittynh said:
I would also deny it too... Since he is a local, we hear lots about him and from his father. He actually is not the true computing guru, but more the business savvy part of the team (and especially if you had seen how he handled Connie Chung, with as much patience as she deserved!). Now if you go with any of the EARLY members of MS, then you may have some autistics who can afford to give lots of money (we encountered them at role-playing gaming sessions, and had some as parents of kid soccer teams, oy vey!!).
Also, the Autism Center at the UW has been around for almost 20 years, with even earlier versions of child development research... and the Experimental Education Unit has been around since friends of mine worked there when I was a college student there(cough, cough) almost 30 years ago.
I recognized one of the tests young Morgan was give because my younger son was used as a subject when they were checking to see how a "normal" child would react to the evaluator faking a hurt finger. He was 3 years old and his very concerned reaction elicited lots of "Awww!, so cute!". He is 14 now (he also just completed his part in another child developement study on how kids deal with the transition through middle school --- one of the benefits of living in the shadow of a large research university is that you can participate in these studies, and get a tiny bit of money for answering questions!).
Also, the Talaris Research center is being funded by a McCaw brother, who made their fortune with cell phones: http://www.talaris.org/faq.htm
wow! That's cool!
My daughter has been to Yale for their dyslexia studies. They compared brains of dyslexics with those of "normal" children reading. The "normal" kids were the children of doctors and researchers, They pointed out that sometimes it's hard to find parents willing to give their kids an MRI in the name of research.
My daughter has been to Yale for their dyslexia studies. They compared brains of dyslexics with those of "normal" children reading. The "normal" kids were the children of doctors and researchers, They pointed out that sometimes it's hard to find parents willing to give their kids an MRI in the name of research.